How We Organise Ourselves

YEAR FOUR - TERM 1/ 2, 2021

 Transdisciplinary theme: How We Organise Ourselves

 ​CENTRAL IDEA

Communities evolve in response to many factors

As an International Baccalaureate world school, authorised to teach the Primary Year’s Programme, we explore six transdisciplinary themes each year. 

Our second unit for the year requires students to investigate communities, how they are formed and the needs versus wants that help form a community.

Concepts

• Connection
• Function

Lines of Inquiry

• Specific needs of individuals in order to survive
• Specific skills individuals need to survive
• Differences between needs and wants
• The roles of individuals in a community

Action

Action in the PYP is initiated independently by the student as a result of the learning process. Action may be bringing a book or artefact related to the inquiry to school, or student initiated drawings/posters/research. We celebrate our students’ ACTION every day in our class-rooms. If you see your children taking independent action at home encourage them to share their action with their class.

Approaches to Learning

• Social: group decision making and cooperating
• Communication: listening

Learner Profile Attributes

• Principled

The Year 4 Team

Mr Dan Farmer, Ms Nicole Grant, Mr Tony McCulloch and Ms Georgia Tilley